The banking and holding sectors surged 0.62 percent and 0.45 percent, respectively. Among all sectors, the food, beverage index was the best performer -- up 2.98 percent -- while the leasing factoring sector saw the biggest decline, falling 1.20 percent.

Shares of Yatas Bedding, a bedding and furniture company, gained the most with an increase of 9.45 percent in value while stocks of Net Turiz, which operates in the tourism sector, performed the worst, declining 2.02 percent.